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The word colophon has undergone several metamorphoses since its earliest appearance in the 17th century: it originally referred to the inscription at the end of a book identifying its basic bibliographic information, that is, title, author, subject, publisher, date and place of publication, in other words, the information today found on the title page.
At the top of the village, near the church is a small cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean; a simple cement slab bears the inscription: Robert Graves, Poeta, 1895–1985.
Look for the inscription inside the main entrance proclaiming that Prince Henry the Navigator, who was a governor of the order, once lived here.
Singer was, Kazin recalled, fascinated to learn that Wilson, that patrician WASP man of letters, had chosen a Hebrew inscription for his headstone.
The inscription over the archway reads, “Cidade do nome de Deus, não ha outra mais leal” (“City of the Name of God, None is More Loyal”) — a bit of praise attributed to Portugal’s King John IV in the 17th century.